Thistle and Thyme: Tales and Legends from Scotland is a 1962 collection of ten Scottish folklore tales by American author Sorche Nic Leodhas and illustrated by Evaline Ness. It is a companion book to an earlier collection of Scottish folklore by Leodhas called Heather and Broom: Tales of the Scottish Highlands. In the longest tale, The Laird's Lass and the Gobha's Son, the beautiful daughter of a laird falls in love with the son of a blacksmith (gobha); the girl's father forbids her from marrying the boy, so she turns to a wizard for help. The book was recognized with a Newbery Honor in 1964.
Stories The Laird's Lass and the Gobha's Son St. Cuddy and the Grey Geese The Stolen Bairn and the Sidh The Lass Who Went Out at the Cry of Dawn The Changeling and the Fond Young Mother The Bride Who Out Talked the Water Kelpie The Drowned Bells of the Abbey The Beekeeper and the Bewitched Hare The Fisher Lad and the Mermaid's Ring Michael Scott and the Demon
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